a challenge from New masters swimmer aka jim B.

originally posted by Peter Cruise Jim- with all due respect, your blog sounds like it belongs to the real bad guys from 'Star Trek- The Next Generation' Do you mean my shallow and disturbing About Me passage?....or my entire blog (complete profile included)? I just figured I would tell it like it is.....no matter how unflattering it might sound.....Now that I am older, I'm not afraid to face up to my overall geeky and shallow nature.....in fact I am now able to embrace it...LOL!! Newmastersswimmer p.s. I also want to thank Shoalswimmer for backing the SEC here over the "Not so Big" 12.....LOL!!

Jim- I meant more 'borktraingblog'...the sound of it...I picture Jean Luc Picard writhing in agony, then acting very strangely...perhaps operating under an alias...let see, how about 'John Smith'?

great to hear from you I'm not sure when I'll swim in a meet but I do hope to swim in one or 2 between Oct & Dec and in 2 - 3 between Jan - May 2006. I'll definitely try to make 2006 South Central Zones and hopefully Nats will work out too. I may swim in a few USS meets. My training priority this fall is the 400 IM, last year I went 4:58 in the 400 SCM IM just playing around but like you said the 400 IM dovetails into the 500 free. I hope to be much better around November. ande Originally posted by newmastersswimmer originally posted by Ande Raz Actually I was thinking more along the lines of: Beat the Raz....Kick his burnt orange Azz!! but very similar to your idea.....I will have several different mantra's to choose from on any given workout. As far as the Bork Blog.......I think it is only fair to you to supply a training blog (since you have yours)......only I will just post a link to my blog on this thread since you already have your famous blog here on this discussion board. I will set up an account on yahoo groups for it later today and then leave a link to it here soon after. I just got back in the water today after being out since last Saturday when I worked out with Emmit Hines' team in Houston. I couldn't find a YMCA close enough to where we were staying when we were visiting Susan's mother and step father in La (just outside of Shreveport).....we stayed in La for a few days after leaving Houston. I felt a little lethargic today in practice as a result. My nearest goal for the 500 will be at the Alumni meet for SMSU on October 29th.....I am going to ask the coach if he will let me swim the 500 free as an exhibition swim during the team's Marroon and White intrasquad meet that is held in conjunction with the Alumni meet. I want to try and get as close to 5:00 as possible (taking into consideration your 4:58 during the middle of last season).....it will be the first real measuring stick for seeing where I am in comparison to you before Christmas. Are you swimming any 500's in the near future? Newmastersswimmer

originally posted by Ande Raz maybe you should go with Beat Raz Bury his AZZ the rhyme makes it catchier so are you gonna begin the "bork blog?" to let me know how your training is going? Ande Actually I was thinking more along the lines of: Beat the Raz....Kick his burnt orange Azz!! but very similar to your idea.....I will have several different mantra's to choose from on any given workout. As far as the Bork Blog.......I think it is only fair to you to supply a training blog (since you have yours)......only I will just post a link to my blog on this thread since you already have your famous blog here on this discussion board. I will set up an account on yahoo groups for it later today and then leave a link to it here soon after. I just got back in the water today after being out since last Saturday when I worked out with Emmit Hines' team in Houston. I couldn't find a YMCA close enough to where we were staying when we were visiting Susan's mother and step father in La (just outside of Shreveport).....we stayed in La for a few days after leaving Houston. I felt a little lethargic today in practice as a result. My nearest goal for the 500 will be at the Alumni meet for SMSU on October 29th.....I am going to ask the coach if he will let me swim the 500 free as an exhibition swim during the team's Marroon and White intrasquad meet that is held in conjunction with the Alumni meet. I want to try and get as close to 5:00 as possible (taking into consideration your 4:58 during the middle of last season).....it will be the first real measuring stick for seeing where I am in comparison to you before Christmas. Are you swimming any 500's in the near future? Newmastersswimmer

Hey Jim, Not too many opportunities in '05 for SCY. The Masters meet in Auburn Feb 11-12 2006 is a really good one to attend. There were a couple of sub 5 minute performances in the 500 this year - one in your age group. Ande, come on over. You guys can go ahead and settle this thing then. Afterwards, extend it to best 2 of 3, 3 of 5 etc... Like I have a say in the matter. I'll pitch in a few beers for the 2nd place finisher.

originally posted by Peter Cruise Jim- I meant more 'borktraingblog'...the sound of it...I picture Jean Luc Picard writhing in agony, then acting very strangely...perhaps operating under an alias...let see, how about 'John Smith'? It does have a certain Klingon type ring to it.....especially when you add the extra @blogstop.com or whatever? at the end. It also has a nice evil sounding ring to it.....kinda like like the borg from star trek....only it's borkblog instead....resistence is futile! newmastersswimmer